dactylique
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dactylicus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δακτυλικός (daktulikós). Synchronically analysable as dactyle + -ique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dak.ti.lik/
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Adjective
dactylique (plural dactyliques)
- (prosody, poetry) dactylic
- Un hexamètre dactylique.
- A dactylic hexameter.
Descendants
- Romanian: dactilic
Further reading
- “dactylique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.